Yuri Chaika
Biography of Yuri Chaika
Date of Birth: 21.05.1951
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai (Russia). Graduated from the Sverdlovsk Law Institute in 1976.
Career. 1970 - electrician at the shipbuilding plant in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur.
1970-1972 - served in the army.
After graduating from university, he was hired as an intern in the prosecutor's office, then worked as an investigator, deputy district prosecutor in the Irkutsk region, and the Taiga transport prosecutor of the Irkutsk region.
In 1983, he headed the investigative department of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.
1984-1992 - instructor of the administrative bodies department of the Irkutsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, first deputy prosecutor of the Irkutsk region, head of the department of the Irkutsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, East Siberian transport prosecutor.
1992-1995 - prosecutor of the Irkutsk region.
In 1995, Yuri Chaika was appointed as the first deputy attorney general of the Russian Federation.
1999-2006 - Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation.
On June 23, 2006, by a resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Attorney General of the Russian Federation.
Since June 22, 2011 - reappointed for five years.
On June 15, 2016 - reappointed for five years.
On January 20, 2020, he resigned in connection with the transition to another job.
Since January 22, 2020, President of Russia Vladimir Putin appointed Yuri Chaika as the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasian Federal District.
Regalia. Class rank - active state advisor of justice. Holds state awards, including the Orders of 'For Merit to the Fatherland' III and IV class, Order of Honor. Honored lawyer of the Russian Federation. Honorary worker of the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation.
Family. Married, with two children.
19.05.2022.